Mackerel (mackerel) is a popular fish all over the world. Mackerel is prepared in a wide variety of dishes using a variety of culinary methods. It is baked, salted, smoked, fried, stewed. Boiled mackerel is one of the most common culinary solutions to feed your loved ones satisfyingly and with health benefits.
Mackerel has a high content of vitamins, fatty acids, trace elements, and assimilable protein. Fish is good for both children and adults. Boiled mackerel will be an excellent choice in dietary nutrition, since part of the fat goes into broth during cooking.
It is desirable that mackerel be present on the menu at least once a week. The calorie content of fresh mackerel in 100 g of product and in boiled one practically does not change and ranges from 180-200 kcal.
To make boiled mackerel tasty, before boiling:
- frozen fish must be defrosted beforehand.
- it is necessary to separate the head, tail, fins, remove scales, insides, especially inner films, which, when cooked, will give excess bitterness to the product. Rinse the fish with running water.
Home-style boiled mackerel
Ingredients:
- 1 medium mackerel, cut and washed, cut into pieces;
- 1 carrot, peeled, cut into several pieces, medium size;
- 1 onion, peeled, cut into 2-4 pieces;
- 2-3 leaves of bay leaves;
- 3-5 grains of black and allspice or ready-made seasoning for fish;
- 1 tbsp salt;
- lemon juice or citric acid on the tip of a knife.
Boiled fish cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation:
Step 1. Pour water into a bowl for cooking fish. Salt the water. Put salt, carrots, onions, laurel leaves, pepper in the water. Add lemon juice. Boil for about 5 minutes. Remove the leaves of bay leaves from the broth, otherwise the broth will acquire excess bitterness, and the fish will be spicy and bitter.
Step 2. Put pieces of mackerel in the boiling broth, cook over low heat for 15 minutes.
The recipe is simple and straightforward, it does not take long to cook.
Advice. The citric acid masks the unpleasant mackerel flavor inherent in this product, giving it a sophisticated aftertaste.
Boiled mackerel will be a good option for lunch, dinner. Sour sauce (tomato, creamy, tartar) is appropriate for mackerel. The fish can be poured with olive oil, sprinkled with lemon juice, garnished with parsley, dill.
Boiled mackerel with fennel
This recipe is economical and easy to prepare. The fish has an unusual fennel flavor.
Ingredients:
- 1 mackerel, thawed, cut, washed, cut into 4-5 pieces;
- 1 l. water;
- 1 tbsp salt (you can sea);
- 1 tsp fennel seeds;
- 1 lemon, medium;
- 2 laurel leaves.
Select cooking utensils so that the mackerel pieces are completely covered with water.
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes.
Step by step:
Step 1. Add salt, fennel, laurel to a bowl of water, squeeze lemon juice. Bring the contents to a boil.
Step 2. Chunks of mackerel are dipped into the boiling marinade, simmer for 15 minutes.
Various spices are used in the marinade for boiling mackerel. Spices are combined with mackerel: turmeric, paprika, saffron, black, red, white, allspice, as well as ginger, cloves, coriander, parsley root.
The acid improves the taste of mackerel. In addition to lemon, when preparing mackerel, you can use grapefruit or lime juice.
Boiled mackerel with lemon
You will need:
- 1 medium mackerel, gutted
- 1 l. water;
- 1 lemon;
- 1 tbsp salt;
- 2-3 laurel leaves;
- 3-4 pcs. peppercorns.
Step-by-step instruction:
Step 1. Pour water into a saucepan, add salt, pepper, laurel leaves, squeeze lemon juice. The fruit itself can also be put in a saucepan if you like the taste of lemon zest.
Step 2. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 5-7 minutes so that the water takes on all the aromas of the spices.
Step 3. Put the chopped pieces of mackerel in boiling spicy water. Boil the fish over low heat for 10-12 minutes. If the fish is boiled whole or the pieces are large, then add another 3-5 minutes. Cooking mackerel for too long will be harmful. The fish can get tough.
Mackerel is served warm. A good side dish would be rice, vegetables, fresh herbs.
Boiled mackerel in onion skins
Onion skins give the mackerel their golden color. This interesting recipe is prepared quickly in 3-5 minutes.
Ingredients:
- 1 mackerel, gutted, washed, medium;
- 1 l. water;
- 1 handful of onion skins
- 5 tbsp salt;
- 1 tbsp spices for fish.
Preparation:
Step 1. Rinse the onion peel in water to wash off the remaining soil and dust.
Step 2. We choose a saucepan so that the fish can easily fit in it if it is boiled whole. Pour water, salt. Add spices.
Step 3. Put the saucepan on the fire and simmer over moderate heat so that the onion peel gives off color, about 5 minutes.
Step 4. Dip the mackerel carcass into the boiling brine and cook it for 3-5 minutes. We take out with a slotted spoon from the pan. Place on a serving platter.
Sprinkle hot mackerel with lemon juice. Fish is served with herbs, vegetables, potatoes, rice. It is appropriate to serve horseradish sauce or pomegranate syrup with mackerel.
Korean mackerel
This recipe is for lovers of spicy, savory food. The cooking method is not complicated.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 750 g mackerel, peeled, washed;
- 500 g daikon radish, cut into 1, 5-2 cm thick slices;
- 1 onion, large, peeled;
- ½ cup soy sauce;
- 1/2 glass of water
- 6-7 cloves of garlic, peeled;
- 1 tsp fresh ginger;
- 1 tsp Sahara;
- 1 tsp ground hot chili pepper (more can be up to 1 tablespoon);
- 1 green fresh chili and 1 red chili
- 2 stalks of green onions.
Preparation:
Step 1. Make a seasoning paste. Chop the garlic, ginger. We mix soy sauce, hot peppers, sugar, water with them.
Step 2. Choose a non-stick pan for cooking. Place slices of chopped daikon and onion at the bottom of the pan.
Step 3. Put the pieces of mackerel on the daikon and onions. Pour the seasoning paste over the fish. We put on fire. Bring to a boil. Cover the pan with a lid and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
In the process of cooking, pour the sauce over the fish from a saucepan so that the mackerel is juicy and saturated with spices.
Step 4. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add fresh chili and chopped green onions to the pan.
Mackerel is served with rice.
Boiled mackerel can be served not only in a whole piece, you can make cold snacks, sandwiches with it. This method of cooking mackerel provides a rich culinary space. The meat is easily separated from the bones, which are very few in this fish.
Boiled mackerel salad
Ingredients:
- 1 fillet from fresh mackerel:
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 1 stalk of stalked celery;
- 1 green apple;
- 1 tsp flavored vinegar;
- 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil;
- salt, pepper to taste;
- parsley, dill, spinach leaves.
Preparation:
Step 1. Boil the mackerel. Separate fish meat from bones and place in a bowl. Sprinkle the aromatic vinegar over the mackerel pieces. Set aside.
Step 2. Cut fresh cucumber, apple, celery into slices. Chop the greens. Salt and pepper. Put them on a plate.
Step 3. Arrange the mackerel pieces on top. Drizzle with oil.
You can season the salad with mayonnaise or sauce.
This dish is suitable not only for everyday meals, but also for a festive table.
Cold boiled mackerel is an excellent ingredient for making salads. The meat of this fish is well suited for boiled eggs, sweet and sour apples, all types of herbs, fresh or pickled onions, peppers, radishes, green peas, beans, potatoes.
